#C8A577#C8A577

#C8A577 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.074 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A577
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 119)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 6.57, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 29.41, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0206 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.074 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6055, 40.5235, 23.1322)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A577 #779AC8

analogous

#C87D77 #C8A577 #C2C877

triadic

#C8A577 #77C8A5 #A577C8

tetradic

#C8A577 #77C87D #779AC8 #C877C2

square

#C8A577 #77C87D #779AC8 #C877C2

split-complementary

#C8A577 #77C2C8 #7D77C8

monochromatic

#8C6839 #B6884B #C8A577 #DAC2A3 #EBDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C8A577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A577

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A577	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.074 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf9e',
    500: '#c8a577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a577;
$custom-light: #dabf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.074,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74248,
    "c": 0.07396,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A577

secondary

#BFCBDC

accent

#6AB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A577

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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